Spain’s Jordi Xammar and Nicolas Rodriguez won both their races in the 470 men's fleet on the opening day of the Tokyo 2020 sailing test event at Enoshima Yacht Harbour.

event ©Getty ImagesMeech is two points ahead of Matt Wearn of Australia and Jean Baptiste Bernaz of France

The swimming section of the Paratriathlon test event for next year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo was cancelled because of high levels of E.coli bacteria found in the water.

PTS5 event, beating Claire Cashmore of Britain and Ukraine’s Alisa Kplpakchy.Alexis Hanquinquant of France

The death of a Tokyo 2020 construction worker from heatstroke in the last few days has again cast the spotlight on the danger of extreme weather conditions.

During stage 19 of the Tour de France, hail, flooded roads and a landslide in Val d’Isère forced organisers

There was no other solution," insisted Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme.

Marijke Fleuren has been re-elected President of the European Hockey Federation at the organisation's General Assembly in Antwerp.

©EHFThe Assembly had a "My Hockey" theme, with presentations from delegates from Slovenia, Norway, France

Sydney has been added to the calendar of the 2019-2020 Indoor Archery World Series, joining last year’s hosts of Strassen, Macau, Rome, Nîmes and Las Vegas.

to 12.A total of 1,000 points will be up for grabs at the last two events - the Nîmes Tournament in France

France suffered their first International Handball Federation Men's Youth World Championship knock-out

Hosts Germany set a world record in the men's team pursuit to win their first gold medal at the International Cycling Union (UCI) Junior Track World Championships in Frankfurt.

Championships in Montichiari in Italy.Kevin Vauquelin, Antonin Corvaisier, Clement Petit and Florian Pardon of France

Holders France beat Norway today to book their place in the quarter-finals of the Men's Youth World Handball

Japan's Sayaka Mizoe and Suzuka Hashimoto reached the main draw of the women's event as action began at the International Volleyball Federation Beach World Tour in Moscow.

, 21-19, 15-12 before edging out qualification sixth seeds Alexandra Jupiter and Aline Chamereau of France

New Zealand's Morgan Diehl and Diego Font of Mexico share the lead of the open men's slalom contest at the International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation World Waterski Championships in Putrajaya in Malaysia.

Louis Duplan-Fribourg of France and Ukrainian Alexander Samoilovs sit in a share of third place at the

Thailand caused a major surprise by declaring that it wants to compete in the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships next month - despite its self-imposed exile for multiple doping offences.

Pattaya and to have a chance to qualify for Tokyo 2020.A report by the international news agency Agence-France

Hosts South Africa and Kenya will play off for a place at the 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup after both teams claimed their second victories of the Rugby Africa Women's Cup qualifying tournament.

for a place in the global repechage and could still join defending champions New Zealand, England, France

Norwegian athletes impressed on home turf with three heat victories in middle distance qualifying at the World Orienteering Championships.

Klysner.Norway's Olav Lundanes claimed victory in his heat in the men's qualifiers.Lucas Basset of France

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has claimed it is satisfied with the security arrangements in Islamabad for next month's Davis Cup tie between hosts Pakistan and India after the visiting nation asked for the contest to be relocated.

All India Tennis Association (AITA) President Praveen Mahajan told Agence France-Presse the governing

"Lorri" the lorikeet has been unveiled as the mascot of the International Federation for Athletes with Intellectual Impairments (INAS) Global Games 2019 in Brisbane with just two months to go until the Opening Ceremony.

©INAS"We look forward to welcoming athletes from as far China, Brazil, Japan, New Zealand, France, Great